A routine larceny investigation turned into one of the larger drug busts for the Ocean Isle Beach Police Department this past weekend.

Detective Ken Bellamy said the department received a report of larceny of jewelry and money at about 2 a.m. Saturday from Alexandria Caesar, 30, of Asheville. Caesar gave officers a description of the suspect, who was found at the Ocean Isle Inn.

Agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office charged the following suspects last week. All information is provided by the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office.

•Amber Nicole Jenks, 19, of 6748 Carolina Beach Road, Lot 32, Wilmington, was charged with possession of a controlled substance on prison/jail premises, possession of one-half ounce or less of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was taken to the Brunswick County Detention Center and placed under a $10,000 secured bond.

SUNSET BEACH—Police investigated a larceny of five rings from a house on Wyndfall Drive.

Reported stolen Sept. 18 were a 14-karat gold wedding ring set, a 14-karat two-tone diamond band wrap, a platinum wedding band with diamonds around one side, a white-gold set with cubic zirconia ring, and a man’s Masonic ring.

The Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team is a support unit, whose primary functions are traffic enforcement and assisting in the apprehension of drug traffickers in the county. The ACE team conducts driving while impaired and driver’s license checkpoints, as well as street-level investigations on controlled substances.
The ACE team works with the sheriff’s office K-9 Enforcement Team and Drug Enforcement Unit to apprehend narcotics suspects as well as saturating hot spots where criminal activity is reported.